Chinatown

Chinatown (1974)

You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Date of release
1974-06-20
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (4444)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Roman Polanski

Casting

  • Jack Nicholson — J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  • Faye Dunaway — Evelyn Cross Mulwray
  • John Huston — Noah Cross
  • Perry Lopez — Lieutenant Lou Escobar
  • Burt Young — Curly
  • John Hillerman — Russ Yelburton
  • Darrell Zwerling — Hollis I. Mulwray
  • Roman Polanski — Man with Knife
  • Diane Ladd — Ida Sessions
  • Richard Bakalyan — Detective Loach
  • Joe Mantell — Lawrence Walsh
  • Roy Jenson — Claude Mulvihill

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